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Proof of Broken Windows theory in Philadelphia and New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Unfortunately, there are few examples of its implementation, as police departments did mostly "zero tolerance policing" calling it community policing. Broken windows successfully implemented on the NYC Subway in the early 1990s. communicate that it's okay to commit crime.

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Purple Line Corridor Coalition study: Same Old, Same Old | Gentrification will result from investment in transit infrastructure

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Poster board from the 2014 meetings. The group organized in 2013 to try to prevent the kind of displacement that has traditionally followed many Metro stations and new transit lines across the country. The second biggest thing I learned was the need for focused and effective implementation organizations.

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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

Google Public Sector

Governor Steve Bullock An accomplished lawyer, Steve Bullock served the State of Montana as Attorney General from 2009 to 2013, and as Governor from 2013 to 2021. Dave currently serves as a senior advisor for Blackstone Investment Group.

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Do Lawyers Matter? Early Evidence on Eviction Patterns After the Rollout of Universal Access to Counsel in New York City

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

This paper examines the effects of UAC in the private rental market and finds that the ZIP Codes where UAC was initially rolled out (early UAC ZIP Codes) had higher rates of represented tenants and lower rates of executed warrants of eviction than ZIP Codes selected for UAC but prior to its implementation. Methodology.

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DC Public Safety Summit, Wednesday May 10th, 9am

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " Broken windows/collective efficacy: Baltimore; Newark; Grand Junction, Colorado; Pittsburgh; Albany " (2019) A lot of academics criticize it, but I think they are missing the point. And there is a lot of work on "violence interruption."

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Lies, damn lies, and misleading data: bus service (DC Circulator)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Obviously it's because most of the lines have minimal ridership. So they evade real scrutiny.

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In extremis: what Ukraine 2.0 tells us about reforming government and the public sector

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

Titled “war is reshaping the Ukrainian state – for the better”, these few excerpts invite reflection from those either leading, advocating or trying to implement deep, lasting reforms in government and the public realm. Such prosecutions were unheard-of before 2014. reform movement.